PDS_VERSION_ID = PDS3 RECORD_TYPE = STREAM LABEL_REVISION_NOTE = "02 Dec 1999, A.C.Raugh First draft placeholder" OBJECT = TARGET TARGET_NAME = "PLUTO" OBJECT = TARGET_INFORMATION TARGET_TYPE = "PLANET" PRIMARY_BODY_NAME = "SUN" ORBIT_DIRECTION = "PROGRADE" ROTATION_DIRECTION = "PROGRADE" TARGET_DESC = " Target Overview =============== Pluto is the ninth, and usually farthest, planet in the Solar System. It has one moon, Charon, which is roughly half its own size. The following physical elements for Pluto and the Pluto-Charon system are quoted from 'Astrophysical Data: Planets and Stars', Kenneth R. Lang, published 1992 by Springer-Verlag, pages 41-47 [LANG1992]: Pluto ----- Equatorial radius 1123 km 0.176 Earth radii Angular Diameter at Closest Approach 0.08'' Mass 1.36e25 g 0.02561 Earth masses Mean Density 1.89 to 2.14 g/cm^3 Sidereal Rotation Period 6.38718 days Inclination of Equator to Orbit >= 50 degrees Effective Temperature 40 to 60 Kelvin Orbital Elements: Semi-major Axis 5.9e9 km 39.53 AU Sidereal Period 247.7 years Eccentricity 0.248 Inclination 17.15 Pluto-Charon System Elements ---------------------------- Semimajor axis 19,130 km Period 6.38718 days Charon's radius 560 km Orbit tilt to Ecliptic 120 degrees (retrograde) Last update: 02 December 1999 A.C.Raugh PDS SBN University of Maryland" END_OBJECT = TARGET_INFORMATION OBJECT = TARGET_REFERENCE_INFORMATION REFERENCE_KEY_ID = "LANG1992" END_OBJECT = TARGET_REFERENCE_INFORMATION END_OBJECT = TARGET END